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A Colorado Company Wants to Change the Way Hikers Poop in the Backcountry

This past summer, hikers on Colorado’s highest peak, 14,438-foot Mount Elbert, were met by a peculiar welcome committee. Volunteers from Colorado Fourteeners Initiative handed out WAG bags near a ...
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How to poop outdoors in a way that won’t harm the environment and other hikers

If you’re one of the 63 million Americans who went hiking last year, chances are you’ve found yourself needing to go, with no toilet in sight. Aside from personal inconvenience, why is this such a big ...
Westword

Leave No Trace, Behind: Rocky Mountain National Park’s pack-out poop bag program

Pack your poop, people: This week the Fort Collins Coloradoan and LovelandConnection.com are reporting on a new program at Rocky Mountain National Park to distribute free bags for packing out human ...
Vail Daily

If given the proper tools, will hikers pack out their poop? A study of Colorado’s busiest 14er explored this and more

An estimated 1,650 hikers poop each year on Colorado’s tallest and busiest 14er. And because what those hikers do with their waste can have widespread environmental and human impacts, PACT Outdoors, a ...
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Hiker poop is causing a stink in the backcountry – but with this piece of kit, researchers think they've found the solution

This summer, while most of us were frolicking on the trails, rafting on the river or lounging in a hammock, Shari Edelson was stationed at a trailhead on Colorado’s Mount Elbert talking to people ...